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You tell us the last time you saw him, what was the first thing he said to you? >> first thing he said to me was, how are you feeling, brother? he gave me a hug. he looked like you just saw him on tv. if that doesn't make you cry, i don't know what will. >> you know what's special about luis and even rob and all my guys, we're family. when we see each other we hug each other, we tell each other we love each other. when we leave d.c., we're so close, that our bond and our love for each other, especially when we lose somebody, it makes us stronger. i hope -- i can't teach rob, who is a firefight...

Back, and luis knew that target was going to get him. like rob and tens of thousands of other people, we all have targets on our back. time is the essence. the congress and senate need to sense that urgency now. these men and women are legitimately dying from their heroic actions. let luis passing bring us together. let nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell do this faster than usual what they are used to doing. in 2015 when we got this bill passed, two years ago when we lost ray pfeifffifer, the face then, i asked new york city to give ray the key to the city. i'm asking mayor de blasio to give lui...

>> to phil, his brother and three children, our hearts bleed for him. our souls are crushed. we're going to mourn today and tomorrow and we're going to bury a hero on wednesday. but make no mistake, we're going to be sharpening our swords and going back to d.c. with a new vigor. congress better sense our urgency. >> the shots of -- the photos of luis then and now, the pictures of him when he was a healthy, more hardy man, and then to think of what he physically went through to make it to congress in those waning days of his life to give that testimony is so stark and so remarkable. do you, joh...

It was striking us earlier this morning that he was willing to give his life twice, going down to ground zero in the days after 9/11. for months after putting his life on the line to recover whatever he could down there and three weeks ago with his 69th chemo scheduled for the next day, he goes to washington before congress to meet. the courage to do that when he's three weeks away from his passing, just remarkable. >> yeah. it was unbelievable to witness. i think jon stewart touched on it in his testimony. the most precious commodity that we have is time. unfortunately like we just saw with l...

Field. we have given every ounce of energy that we can possibly muster to continue to go to d.c. luis literally left it all on the field. if they don't get that, you know - luis said i gave him purpose, i gave him hope. my lord, how do you live with that? i mean, he made me, in my mind, a better person, and i thought i was pretty cool already. >> you say you're just doing your job. you're going so far beyond at this point. >> luis -- >> all of you. you shouldn't have to go down like this. he shouldn't have to be down there the day before his 69th chemo, three weeks before he's dying to ask for...